Urijah Faber vs. Jose Aldo coming soon ... possibly WEC on PPV?
by Nate Lawson on Jan 11, 2010 1:41 AM EST
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Urijah Faber rolled into Sacramento on Sunday night and proceeded to roll through Raphael Assuncao at WEC 46: "Varner vs. Henderson," finishing the super talented Brazilian with a third round rear naked choke.
Not only did "The California Kid" pick up a "must" win and a $10,000 bonus check, but he also earned an opportunity to fight WEC Featherweight Champion, Jose Aldo, in the very near future.
WEC General Manager Reed Harris made the announcement during the WEC 46 post-fight press conference.
It's an opportunity, as Faber put it, "to get his belt back." And he may get the chance to do it in front of a pay-per-view (PPV) audience, which would mark the first foray for the promotion into the paid arena after a successful run on the Versus network.
Harris wanted the WEC to make the move to the PPV scene for sometime now, but has had the discipline to wait for the right moment. It would appear based on his comments this evening that the moment is now, considering it would be a difficult task to find two better fighters to make the transition a success.
Faber would certainly be the man for a PPV event -- the way the Sacramento crowd (and just about every other) welcomes should be proof enough that fans will show up to the venue and tune in to watch "The California Kid" operate.
Aldo is no slouch, either.
The electrifying Brazilian is an extremely popular fighter, mostly because of his highlight reel knockouts. Aldo battered Brown at WEC 44 to capture the belt at WEC 44 in Nov. 2009. Faber would be his first challenger for the coveted 145-pound title.
It's safe to say that Faber and Aldo together, along with a solid supporting cast, could bring in considerably large numbers.
Would you pay to see it?
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God Damnit...
Just as the Score starts broadcasting WEC events they want to put one up on PPV….guess it could potentially still be worth it.
I thought WEC or parent company had a new agreement with Versus?
PPV might get these guys paid a little better which wouldn’t be a bad thing.
I think Faber is a bit slow as of late.
It takes him a while to find his rythme.
But Aldo stats out strong.
I honestly see aldo taking this.
That and Faber has too many holes in his striking game.
Aldo is gonna chew him up standing. I don’t imagine he’ll be able to wrestle him down easy seeing how a MiTB couldn’t.
by NNR (formerly NameNotRequired) on Jan 11, 2010 8:23 AM EST up reply actions
???
Faber beaten down twice by Brown and he’s in line for a title shot???
He just beat the #6 guy in the world. Besides, the second fight with Brown showed that Faber has the ability to beat him, but he couldn’t throw punches for 3 rounds of that fight
Also, FW rankings are:
1- Aldo
2- Brown
3- Faber
Aldo just beat Brown, but hasn’t fought Faber yet. The logical thing is to have Aldo fight Faber
Varner was right
WEC should be called the Urijah Faber show
Every night i would pray to God for a new bike, then i realized God does not work that way, so i stole one and asked him to forgive me
absolutely...
Faber gets a title shot every 2nd fight. It’s absolute favouritsm. I hate it.
Tito interviewing Babalu: "I want to tell me what you see, let's go ahead and see by the fight, what you saw, in the ring."
Tito interviewing Fedor: "Let me tell you how you feeling right now?"
Guys, who do you think willl be the underdog here?
If it is ALdo that somehow ends up bein’ the dog here, then I smell another upset special…
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Urijiah is probly gonna open at +180 close to +200. No value really though.
It will probly dip down to 145-150 by fight time. Aldo should be sitting open and remain at +225-250. At least that’s how i would open them up.
by NNR (formerly NameNotRequired) on Jan 11, 2010 8:26 AM EST up reply actions
If Aldo's the underdog then that's easy money
Shame that I haven’t found a British bookies that takes MMA fights outside of the UFC, I’d have made loads on SF and WEC events.
"Anderson Silva is the best fighter on the planet...any Anderson Silva fight that is on, people should be buying that PPV, not because he’s my fighter but you know what, he to me is like the Muhammad Ali of MMA...the UFC has been around since 1993, nobody (else) has 10 consecutive wins in the UFC. Anderson has had 10 fights in the UFC, only 1 has ever gone to a decision."
Ed Soares on why Andy is the best fighter in the world
They can't have it both ways
Either the WEC and UFC merge, or the WEC stays free.
I’m not saying the WEC fighters aren’t worthy of a PPV. I’m just saying 1/3 of them aren’t worthy of a PPV. Their LW division will be all over main cards of PPVs, and lets be honest, no one gives a damn about the WEC LW division. Is Ben Henderson even a top 20 fighter?
It’s barely even that. Stann and Cantwell were the last two WEC champs at 205 and aren’t even main card fighters in the UFC. Condit pretty much wiped out the WW division in WEC and hasn’t done squat in UFC either.
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I Will never buy a WEC PPV.
Get real. Are we going to be buying PPV’s every week? WEC will not make money with PPV. I had a hard time talking myself into watching last nights event, and it was free. Get Real Reed Harris. Your product isn’t worth money.
"He#s the WWE champ and with out a doubt should be ranked higher than any other man in the UFC. "-Puck Head, LOL.
Smooth is definitely top 20
He’s a great wrestler with good submissions, he’d give a lot of UFC LWs trouble. Stann, Cantwell, Condit and Larson all disappointed but Sonnen hasn’t done too badly and if Filho could get his head straight he’d be a force as well. Besides, the top WEC stars are at 145 and 135, Faber and Torres are both huge names and talented guys who should have been on PPV years ago whilst Aldo, Brown and Bowles are all superb fighters and easily PPV worthy. If these guys are going to get paid proper amounts of money then there either has to be a WEC PPV or 145 and 135 divisions in the UFC as these guys aren’t going to stick around on VS money for much longer.
"Anderson Silva is the best fighter on the planet...any Anderson Silva fight that is on, people should be buying that PPV, not because he’s my fighter but you know what, he to me is like the Muhammad Ali of MMA...the UFC has been around since 1993, nobody (else) has 10 consecutive wins in the UFC. Anderson has had 10 fights in the UFC, only 1 has ever gone to a decision."
Ed Soares on why Andy is the best fighter in the world
The WEC 155 is really nothing more then a proving ground for the UFC...
The UFC should absorb Henderson, Cerrone, and possibly Varner and Mccullough and let them work their way up slowly. None of these fighters break the top 25 and with fighters like Guida, Etim, Cavalcante, and Thomson sitting on the lower part of this list, they still have a long road ahead of them.
As far as Aldo and Faber go, I think Faber is going to get owned. Brown handled Faber physically with relative ease, and Aldo is bigger then Brown. Fabers speed I think is matched by Aldo. I also believe Aldo has more explosive speed in the Stand up. Add that to the fact that he trains with Black House and I see this fight going south for Faber relatively quickly. Soares must have sold his soul to the Devil to get the talent pool he has: Anderson Silva, Machida, Aldo, Filho, Andre Galvao, JAcare, the Nog brothers, Junior Dos Santos, Mark Munoz(maybe one of his current weakest fighter). 3/4 of their fighters are top 15 of which 8 of the 14 fighters he has are top 10, with 3 title holders..
Agreed on Aldo-Faber, Jose is a lock for this one
He’s too quick, big and strong for Faber and his muai thai is a class above Faber’s striking, plus he’s a BJJ black belt who trains with the best strikers and grapplers in MMA. Black House is a superb camp (only weak links are Filho and Munoz) and they are going to help make this young prospect into a world beater. Aldo is the future of the lower weight classes and he’s going to smash Faber just like he smashed Brown.
"Anderson Silva is the best fighter on the planet...any Anderson Silva fight that is on, people should be buying that PPV, not because he’s my fighter but you know what, he to me is like the Muhammad Ali of MMA...the UFC has been around since 1993, nobody (else) has 10 consecutive wins in the UFC. Anderson has had 10 fights in the UFC, only 1 has ever gone to a decision."
Ed Soares on why Andy is the best fighter in the world
$19.95 is a perfect price
$24.99 tops, anything more and u can kiss my sale goodbye. And Aldo will be slight fave
by Blood,bath and beyond on Jan 11, 2010 8:17 AM EST via mobile reply actions
Id pay $20 to watch
as long as the rest of the card was decent.
I’m sure no one will be streaming that possible PPV.
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Faber favouritism is sickening indeed
But look on the bright side, we will see him get beaten to a bloody pulp by Aldo.
by Lester The Pimp on Jan 11, 2010 11:21 AM EST reply actions
Everyone wants the PPV dollars. WEC won't make jack trying it.
Seriously, who is going to pay for this? Aldo vs. Faber is the best fight they have available and it isn’t a mystery who will win that fight. If WEC tries the PPV route, they won’t be in business much longer.
"He#s the WWE champ and with out a doubt should be ranked higher than any other man in the UFC. "-Puck Head, LOL.
If..
UFC Transitions to Cable Television like Strikefarce did, than i could see WEC going to PPV. 25 bucks aint bad. BUT if they ever dont have a STACKED card on the PPV its not even worth a piss in a bucket. WEC cant really even hold a candle to the raging inferno flame that is the UFC.
UFC + WEC=???
I already wish they combined the wec w/ ufc because it would stop conversations and arguments about this. WEC already has the best lower weight fighters in the world it would only be logical to get them together and have the UFC run the show, it’s goning to happen eventually. I just wish this would happen already but we just need to have patience.
WEC PPV
In my opinion. Hold off. If the UFC is doing a VS show then the UFC should allow some of the WEC fighters (the ones intending to headline a ppv) get on the main card of a huge PPV or of a Fight Night which would be best. So that way the UFC casuals can be exposed to lighter weight classes and the names of the fighters and the exciting styles they have
Frank Mir sucks!
I want Ken Flo to do the play by play next time. Mir, you’re a great fighter, but you shouldn’t be paid to speak. I forget which fight it was, but he said some guy wrestled “collegically”, and the ever-present “gillateen” and “he gots him right there”.
Hadoken!!
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